Poverty is one of the most serious issues that continues to be present worldwide in every society, therefore it is a significant matter to discover and discuss. It is not easy to explore the complexity of poverty and the approaches of previous ages that states have used to disregard or evade it. Countries that stand well in economic aspect also deal with poverty, however they are trying to find the methods and solutions that will eliminate and ease the consequences of poverty. According to the author Lucas, he defines it as living in poverty means not being able to be provided with the elementary needs and necessities that every human need to and also living with no shelter and food. (Lucas 16). Poverty means not being able to gain the opportunities
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Poverty and social inequality means different thing, however inequality between the individuals is causing extensive poverty where those with low social income feel more discriminated from fulfilling their basic needs and getting the incomes to support themselves. Furthermore, gender discrimination is still an important issue in holding a lot of women and children worldwide to live in poverty. Hypothesizing how Discrimination in Labor Market affects Poverty Labor market is a vital pointer in a society on how it affects discrimination at work and between the genders, which afterwards leads in poverty. In many cases, the role of men and women varies on what position they have at work and how much they get paid. Lucas states that discrimination can make women feel less able in showing their skills in labor market and increasing their effort in home services, while for the men is the opposite which makes them less discriminated in showing their skills in a job (Lucas, 2013 p. 22). Therefore, this discrimination which is based on gender, decreases earnings which later leads to poverty and low quality of …show more content…
Moreover, women face problems in reaching decision-making positions. Therefore, comparing men and women, men held the most higher positions. In the private sector running of businesses by women is low. In private sectors, in most of the cases the ones that held the higher positions are men and only a low percentage of them are women where mostly they are concentrated in urban areas. This situation is also related with social and cultural aspects. Similarly, the authoritative institutions do not create enough opportunities or adequate support to help women financially to open businesses and be successful in the future. Poverty in Albania Albania is a country that continues to be poor with also a high unemployment rate. According to the book, an estimated 25.4 % of Albanians) live below the extreme poverty. This percentage, which contains a quarter of the Albanian total population, is very high compared to other states of Eastern Europe, however it is more similar to Central Asian
Poverty and social inequality means different thing, however inequality between the individuals is causing extensive poverty where those with low social income feel more discriminated from fulfilling their basic needs and getting the incomes to support themselves. Furthermore, gender discrimination is still an important issue in holding a lot of women and children worldwide to live in poverty. Hypothesizing how Discrimination in Labor Market affects Poverty Labor market is a vital pointer in a society on how it affects discrimination at work and between the genders, which afterwards leads in poverty. In many cases, the role of men and women varies on what position they have at work and how much they get paid. Lucas states that discrimination can make women feel less able in showing their skills in labor market and increasing their effort in home services, while for the men is the opposite which makes them less discriminated in showing their skills in a job (Lucas, 2013 p. 22). Therefore, this discrimination which is based on gender, decreases earnings which later leads to poverty and low quality of …show more content…
Moreover, women face problems in reaching decision-making positions. Therefore, comparing men and women, men held the most higher positions. In the private sector running of businesses by women is low. In private sectors, in most of the cases the ones that held the higher positions are men and only a low percentage of them are women where mostly they are concentrated in urban areas. This situation is also related with social and cultural aspects. Similarly, the authoritative institutions do not create enough opportunities or adequate support to help women financially to open businesses and be successful in the future. Poverty in Albania Albania is a country that continues to be poor with also a high unemployment rate. According to the book, an estimated 25.4 % of Albanians) live below the extreme poverty. This percentage, which contains a quarter of the Albanian total population, is very high compared to other states of Eastern Europe, however it is more similar to Central Asian